Intel Xeon Silver 4209T vs Intel Xeon E5-2690

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4209T and Intel Xeon E5-2690 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

Intel Xeon E5-2690

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

Around 26% higher maximum core temperature: 91°C vs 72.0 °C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 384 GB
Around 93% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1693 vs 1676

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	91°C vs 72.0 °C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
Maximum memory size	1 TB vs 384 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1693 vs 1676

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2690

Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 82% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16749 vs 11080

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
L3 cache	20480 KB (shared) vs 11 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	16749 vs 11080

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2690

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1693

1676

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

11080

16749

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T	Intel Xeon E5-2690
PassMark - Single thread mark	1693	1676
PassMark - CPU mark	11080	16749
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		670
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		45.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		253.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		42.625
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4209T	Intel Xeon E5-2690
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Sandy Bridge EP
Launch date	Q2'19	March 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$563	$397
Place in performance rating	1242	1235
Processor Number	4209T	E5-2690
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Price now		$159
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		25.42
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.90 GHz
L3 cache	11 MB	20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	91°C	72.0 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	16	16
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Die size		435 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
Number of QPI Links		2
Transistor count		2270 million
VID voltage range		0.60V-1.35V
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	384 GB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		51.2 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	135 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	2S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)